Friday, April 25

Friday, April 25
Happy Birthday, Vera! (April 27))

 

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
whip to whips to hips to ship to hip to him to whim to whiz to which 

 Irregular Words: were, walk, talk, could, would, should  NEW: or, for

Read: What is that thing?
                       You will get the hang of it.

                                      You have to sing the song for me! 

 Spell: Ling swung the bat.
               A bug stung the king!  

                        She hung on to the swing.  

KinderLiteracy: Seed to Plant

We'll review the vocabulary words...

 
Literacy Jobs  
Math: Minus Sign

The kids are working hard to gain an understanding of subtracting and it's time to focus on this abstract symbol. To begin the lesson, the kids will hear the story, If You Were a Minus Sign by: Trisha Speed Shaskan. Next, the kids will hold up the minus sign or equal sign of where they belong in the statement when acting out the following scenarios...

*There were 5 kids at the park, but then 4 of the kids walked home, (5 – 4 = 1).

* 6 dogs were in the yard but 4 dogs ran away, (6 – 4 = 2).

* 5 butterflies were on the flower but 2 butterflies flew away, (5 – 2 = 3).
   It's day 140...It's time for Zero the Hero to visit!

Project: The kids will make an "Earth Day Kid" that wears a shirt containing the thoughts they wrote about yesterday for taking care of the earth. 

                 We plan to pick up trash around the school today.     

Your child will plant a Zinnia seed and log the growth progress each day for awhile.        

Music Today 

~Field trip permission form/money is due Wednesday, April 30. 

Have a nice weekend!